backlog : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: backlog	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backlog n an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) the large log at the back of a hearth fire something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose Synonym(s): reserve, backlog, stockpile v accumulate and create a backlog
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backlog \Back"log`\, n. [Back, a. + log.] A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. [U.S.] There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes. --S. G. Goodrich.